5 Flashcards
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Parallel structure
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The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures.
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Polystndeton
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A sentence which uses a conjunction with no commas to separate the items in a series. Instead of x, y,and z polysyndeton result in x and y and z.
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Loose sentence
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One in which the main clause come first, followed by further dependent grammatical units.
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Hyperbole
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Overstatement
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Oxymoron
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A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
